cancer

The University of Chicago cell biologist is studying how the nutrients available to cancers influence their growth. 

Transposons may be key players in how tumors develop and spread, but they also keep cancer at bay in some circumstances.

Where and how human papillomavirus integrates itself into the human genome steers the infection’s clinical outcomes, finds a large, multifaceted study.

Research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach.

A particular leucine-ferrying tRNA is more abundant in cancerous cells than healthy ones, and lowering its levels inhibits cancer growth, a study finds.

The expansion of mucus-degraders in the mouse gut—possibly due to poor nutrition—thins the colon’s mucus layer and may weaken defenses against blood-infecting microbes.

Pathologist Peyton Rous made a groundbreaking discovery in the early 20th century, but his work wasn’t widely recognized until more than 40 years later. 

This year, cancer researchers uncovered a variety of ways that tumors can survive and spread, ranging from damaging their own DNA to exploiting the nearby microenvironment for nutrients.

Two studies in mice now show that researchers can control when and where CAR T cells are active, potentially overcoming previous hurdles for CAR T–based treatments.

The extent to which transcription is higher in tumor cells than in surrounding nontumor cells is associated with bad prognoses in several cancer types.

Scientists use locust brains as living biosensors to perform cancer cell breath tests.

The new, implantable device converts ultrasound waves into electrical energy inside the brain, interfering with tumor cell division.

A wireless brain implant inhibits tumor growth in rats, overcoming many design flaws of current devices used to treat glioblastoma.

Viscous solutions accelerate the migration of tumor cells and may enable metastasis, according to a new study.